FaultsNAces
Rookie
Hi everyone, I'm new here....
I'm wondering if anyone can give me some advice for adjusting to different surfaces; I play on red clay during the week (2-3 sessions), but har-tru on the w/e, and I'm finding the adjustment from the slow clay to the fast asphalt really tough.
I'm probably somewhere between a 2.5 and 3.0 (returning to tennis after about 10 years off, played a lot in HS and college, but not on a varsity team), use a semi-western FH and an eastern 1HBH (both relatively new for me).
Shallow fast bounces on asphalt are really hard for me -- which is a new thing, b/c I grew up playing on asphalt almost exclusively. Do people switch grips with surfaces? (I did grow up playing with the classic Eastern FH, step into the ball style, and a 2HBH.) Is it just a matter of working the knees, getting down to the level of the ball on the asphalt? Or something else I'm missing?
Thanks in advance.....
I'm wondering if anyone can give me some advice for adjusting to different surfaces; I play on red clay during the week (2-3 sessions), but har-tru on the w/e, and I'm finding the adjustment from the slow clay to the fast asphalt really tough.
I'm probably somewhere between a 2.5 and 3.0 (returning to tennis after about 10 years off, played a lot in HS and college, but not on a varsity team), use a semi-western FH and an eastern 1HBH (both relatively new for me).
Shallow fast bounces on asphalt are really hard for me -- which is a new thing, b/c I grew up playing on asphalt almost exclusively. Do people switch grips with surfaces? (I did grow up playing with the classic Eastern FH, step into the ball style, and a 2HBH.) Is it just a matter of working the knees, getting down to the level of the ball on the asphalt? Or something else I'm missing?
Thanks in advance.....
